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Learn the wildlife of Kasanka National Park

Central · Zambia

448 species have research-grade observations inside Kasanka National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis14
  2. Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi10
  3. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides9
  4. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus9
  5. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus9
  6. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer9
  7. Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus6
  8. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus6
  9. African Darter Anhinga rufa6
  10. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris5

Plants

  1. Costus spectabilis7
  2. Sarcophyte piriei6
  3. Rose ginger Siphonochilus kirkii5
  4. Natal ginger Siphonochilus aethiopicus4
  5. Sausage tree Kigelia africana3
  6. Reclining Date Palm Phoenix reclinata3
  7. Camels-foot monkeybread Piliostigma thonningii3
  8. Yoruban bologi Crassocephalum rubens2
  9. Papyrus sedge Cyperus papyrus2
  10. Skyflower Duranta erecta2

Mammals

  1. Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii34
  2. Kinda Baboon Papio kindae20
  3. Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus16
  4. Dobson's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus dobsonii14
  5. Southern Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus13
  6. Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis6
  7. Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus labiatus5
  8. Yellow-bellied House Bat Scotophilus dinganii4
  9. Bush Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia4
  10. Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus4

Insects

  1. Enyaliopsis parduspes5
  2. Yellow-banded Pansy Junonia elgiva5
  3. Spotted Brown Pansy Junonia natalica4
  4. Pied-spot Hemistigma albipunctum4
  5. Phantom Flutterer Rhyothemis semihyalina4
  6. Rice Case Bearer Parapoynx stagnalis4
  7. Matabele Ant Megaponera analis4
  8. Natal Acraea Stephenia natalica4
  9. Guineafowl Butterfly Hamanumida daedalus3
  10. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta3

Spiders and kin

  1. African Hermit Spider Nephilingis cruentata6
  2. Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata1
  3. Selenops radiatus1
  4. African Dandy Portia africana1
  5. Adanson's House Jumper Hasarius adansoni1
  6. Brown Hyllus Jumping Spider Hyllus brevitarsis1
  7. Lavender Vlei Spider Leucauge levanderi1
  8. Oxyopes vogelsangeri1

Reptiles

  1. Wahlberg’s Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii8
  2. Flap-necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis5
  3. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia4
  4. Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis scabra3
  5. Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa subrufa3
  6. Southern African Python Python natalensis3
  7. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus3
  8. Shreve's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa shrevei2
  9. Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster2
  10. Gracile blind-snake Letheobia gracilis2

Amphibians

  1. Kivu Reed Frog Hyperolius kivuensis15
  2. Pointed Long Reed Frog Hyperolius nasicus8
  3. Margined Reed Frog Hyperolius marginatus6
  4. Natal Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis5
  5. Dwarf Squeaker Arthroleptis xenodactyloides5
  6. Common Squeaker Arthroleptis stenodactylus5
  7. De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus wittei4
  8. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis4
  9. Nile Ridged Frog Ptychadena nilotica4
  10. Guttural Toad Sclerophrys gutturalis3

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.